After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 49

I woke to cold, empty sheets beside me - as if no one had slept there at all.

With my departure only days away, I resigned from my job. There was no point in prolonging the inevitable.

While handing over my donation bags to the courier, I noticed a commotion across the hall.

Moving men were shuttling new furniture in and out of the apartment.

Through the chaos, I spotted Luke immediately. He stood with his arm draped around Mandy's shoulders, directing the workers.

It was so typical of him - this attention to detail. He'd been just as meticulous when we first moved in, taking time off work to oversee everything.

That was his vision of making a home, he'd always said.

Now, he barely seemed to live in ours anymore.

"Miss? Your tracking number?" The courier's voice snapped me back to reality.

The commotion must have carried, because Mandy bounded out moments later. "Yvonne! Luke bought this place for me because of my nightmares. We're going to be neighbors!"

She leaned in with that affected innocence of hers, eyes wide and eager.

about her just

Mandy suddenly

worker carrying a cabinet, the corner catching her lower back. Her cry of pain pierced

Tears sprang to

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to me, his expression incredulous. "Yvonne, stop acting like

jealous psycho!"

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burden? You're my sister!" Luke's voice rose

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my doorway.